text: Blanco has received numerous prizes throughout her career so far, including the following: the $100,000 Technology Venture Prize at the NYU Stern $300K Entrepreneurship Challenge, the $20,000 top prize in the InnoVention Competition at Tandon, a $20,000 Stage II VentureWell grant, the title of 2019 Global Student Entrepreneur of the Year, and the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize in 2020.
  Blanco was featured in the 2021 documentary Own the Room co-directed by Cristina Costantini and Darren Foster. The film follows five student entrepreneurs competing in the 2019 Global Student Entrepreneur Awards with the finals taking place in Macau, China. Blanco, representing the United States, won the title of Global Champion with its accompanying $100,000 grand prize.
  Blanco has contributed to research papers, including these: